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MISERY INDEX Completes Work On New Album

Baltimore, Maryland-based quartet MISERY INDEX has completed work on its new album, "Traitors", for a late September release via Relapse Records. According to the band, the CD "came out pretty smashing." The follow-up to the band's Relapse debut, "Discordia", "Traitors" was recorded at Kurt Ballou's...

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OPETH: 'The Candlelight Years' Box Set Due In June

An OPETH three-CD box set called "The Candlelight Years" (image),featuring the the band's first three albums, will be released in Japan on June 23. The track listing is as follows: "Orchid" (1995): 01. In Mist She Was Standing 02. Under the Weeping Moon 03. Silhouette 04. Forest of October 05. The...

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MISERY INDEX: New Album Title Revealed

Baltimore, Maryland-based quartet MISERY INDEX will enter Kurt Ballou's Godcity studio on May 6 to begin recording the follow-up to the band's Relapse debut, "Discordia". Entitled "Traitors", the new CD will arrive late September on Relapse. One track from the new album, titled "Ruling Class Cancell...

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ORCHID'S CURSE Announces New Guitarist

Diminished Fifth Records has announced that Keith McLeod (ex-SHE KILLS) will be stepping in as the second guitarist in Dartmouth Nova Scotia, Canada's ORCHID'S CURSE. The band began as a five-piece and released its debut EP, "Goodbye is when the Casket Closes…" in September 2006. However since the r...

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Upstate New York's TMT METAL FESTIVAL: More Bands Announced

More bands have been confirmed for the TMT Metal Festival, set to take place July 18-20 at the Skyview Drag Strip in Tioga Center, upstate New York. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: FORBIDDEN FLOTSAM AND JETSAM RAVEN NEIL TURBIN & THE DEATHRIDERS ATTACKER HELSTAR HATRED "METAL"...

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OPETH: Fan-Taken Photos Needed For Upcoming Reissues

Candlelight Records is looking for fan-taken photos of OPETH from the group's early years to be used in connection with the upcoming reissues of the band's "Orchid" (1995),"Morningrise" (1996) and "My Arms, Your Hearse" (1998) masterpieces. Send in any OPETH pictures you have from this period (1995...

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Zeitgeist

With every rock band under the sun seemingly reuniting, it was only inevitable that founder/songwriter/frontman Billy Corgan would reassemble the SMASHING PUMPKINS, one of the most highly acclaimed alternative acts of the Nineties. Since splitting up the band in 2000, Corgan has failed to achieve th...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Zero' Clip From Paris Concert Posted Online

A video clip of the SMASHING PUMPKINS performing the song "Zero" at their first show since Dec. 2, 2000 — held on May 22 at Paris' 2,200-capacity Grand Rex — has been posted at YouTube. The group's three-hour, 29-song set introduced new guitarist Jeff Schroeder, bassist Ginger Reyes and keyboardist...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: Entire ROCK AM RING Performance Available Online

SMASHING PUMPKINS' entire Rock am Ring festival performance on June 2, 2007 in Nürburgring, Germany has been posted online at the fan site ThePumkins.net. It can be streamed at this location and downloaded here. The group's set list was as follows: 01. (01:44) Today 02. (05:13) Bullet With Butterfly...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: Video Footage From ROCK AM RING Festival Available

SMASHING PUMPKINS headlined the first day of the Rock am Ring festival earlier tonight (Saturday, June 2) in Nürburgring, Germany. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Bullet with Butterfly Wings (video) 02. United States (w/ Star Spangled Banner tease) 03. Stand Inside Your Love 04. Bleeding the...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Schedules One-Off Headlining Show In London

The SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced a one-off concert at London, England's Shepherds Bush Empire on June 19. This will be the group's only U.K. show prior to their appearance at The Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds festivals in August. Tickets will go on sale Friday, June 1 at 9:30 a.m. A four-mi...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: Paris Concert Footage Available

A four-minute video clip containing footage of SMASHING PUMPKINS performing their first show since Dec. 2, 2000 — held on May 22 at Paris' 2,200-capacity Grand Rex — has been posted at YouTube (the clip is set to the sound of the band's new single, "Tarantula"). The group's three-hour, 29-song set i...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Unveil New Lineup At Paris Concert

Taking the stage for the first time since December 2, 2000, SMASHING PUMPKINS drew a rapturous response tonight (May 22) from 2,200 fans who packed the historic and elegantly appointed Grand Rex in Paris, France. It was the much-anticipated first stop on the band's world tour, and tickets for the in...

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SHEAVY: New Album Nearing Completion

St. John's, Newfoundland "stoner" rockers SHEAVY have issued the following update: "The new album, entitled 'The Machine That Won the War', is nearing the final stages of completion. It looks as though it should be back from manufacturing by mid-June and available shortly thereafter. [Here] is a pre...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Zeitgeist' Track Listing Revealed

Jonathan Cohen of Billboard.com reports that the SMASHING PUMPKINS have finalized the track listing for "Zeitgeist", their first album since 2000. Due July 7 via Martha's Music/Reprise, "Zeitgeist" was produced by mainman Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, with Roy Thomas Baker and Terry Dat...